The Golden Mile Blackpool

Original Painting £450 or A3 Limited Edition Print £40

The golden mile Blackpool just smile Yeah Blackpool is the place to be From the north pier to the south pier A stretch of amusements From the pleasure beach to coral island And the Blackpool tower stands tall and proud see it for miles around Its sound as a pound See the lights and sights Some frights Yeah men in tights Kiss me quick hats Some pratts And cats Theres Tat on tap Yeah theres arcade machines, Slot machines, 2p pushers, and grab machines Makin dreams Theres stars and bars on the golden mile Take a donkey ride on the tide And Let the stress subside Build sand castles Have a dip in the sea Cant you see your free For a cup o tea Donuts galore Theres much more in store Mr whippy and its getting nippy Lets get to the chippy Blackpool rock You forgot Horse and coaches on the sea front Take a punt Come to blackpool And have a good time In the night time

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The Big One Blackpool

A3 Limited Edition Print £40

The big one, In the sun, havin fun Yeah blackpool pleasure beach just in reach, Near the beach I ll jump on that ride Ill survive Yeah Im brave Wont go to me grave Yeah the big one, In the sun Im gonna have some fun Waitin in the cue for an hour or two Then comes me turn Me stomach starts to yearn Yeah the bars come down Set off, A rickety click Climb the steep ride A mile high, Im in the sky Teeterin on the edge The fall comes into view, Im on cue Hands in the air Stop and look and stare Brave as can be Butterflies in me belly Beats watchin the telly Then the drop Me heart stops Im Screamin, Me face is a beamin Im dreamin of happy snap flashes Flying round the bends Up and down, this way and that Me hands are a grippin And Im a trippin Stomachs a jerkin, gonna throw up Don’t give up Speeding round a bend I descend Oh no it’s the end Pull up to a stop Legs gone to mush Get off the ride And say Wow what a ride

https://youtu.be/p_eK4EP-PNA

Stag & Hen Doos with Booze

Original Painting £450 or A3 Limited Edition Print £40

Stag and hen doos with booze Lets cruise Blackpool the mecca of the north For stags and wags And Maybe some shags Yeah booze and loos Makin the news Kiss me quick hats and pratts Blow up dicks the size of a man Does all she can To Go ride on the big one There not done Plenty to do in Blackpool Theres pleasure at yer leisure Don’t forget the leather A ride on a donkey fish and chips , Donuts and mr whippy Plenty of booze for you to choose And Don’t lose on the slots Were not snobs Its top in Blackpool With stags wags, hags, and hens with friends So come visit Blackpool it’s the rule so don’t be cruel

https://youtu.be/NScWsW25I3A

Ride the Waltzers

Original Painting £450 or A3 Limited Edition Print £40

Ride the Waltzers The traveller shouts Come on the ride He says to me and me daughter I aughta stop and think But in a blink Im on the ride The bars come down Lockin me down The musics blarin People starin Ride the waltzers The traveller shouts And then were off Spinnin around He spins our ride Faster, faster like a spinin top Me daughters giggling and wrigglin Me stomaches a churnin And Im yearnin for the ride to stop But it goes faster and faster The traveller jumps on the back Gives me heart attack Ride the waltzers He shouts again Music blarin Darin me to go faster And then again Hes done it again spinin me faster Its gonna take off Im gonna boff Ride slows down And comes to a stop I gets off Head spinnin round the crowd Dazed and feelin sick Me daughter looks at me With glee and I can see It’s a kiddies ride So come ride the waltzers All the fun o the fair stop and look and stare

https://youtu.be/Ce_xquDb8ZI

Coral Island Blackpool

Original Painting £450 or A3 Limited Edition Print £40

island Blackpool, an iconic building Yeah fun to be had, its not sad and im not mad So Ahoy there mateys it’s the eighties Yeah you scally wags Youl be walkin the plank Come visit Blackpool And you will see It’s a pirates life for me So All you landlubbers Full of blubber In the rubber Jump on the pirates ghost train in the rain Shoot some hoops and kill a few zombies Yeah Shiver me timbers It’s a blackpool treat Stay on yer feet Fer more treats Get yer dublooms ready For the 2p pushers And win some cash and stash So all you scallywags Better look out For The buccaneer A restaurant to feed your need With burgers and chips in a ship Or fish and chips Then take a walk along Blackpool prom Its all fun Yeah blackpool is the place to be Theres rock, mr whippy and the chippy It’s a bit nippy I Aint no hippy Yeah its all good fun in the sun or rain Jump on the train Its all the same On blackpool sea front Lifes at full beat what a treat

https://youtu.be/rn2YDwxxHWc

Bumper Cars

Original Painting £450 or A3 Limited Edition Print £40

Bumper cars full o stars There electric Buzzin about Feel the buzzin stop fussin and cussin Its A drivin skill with a thrill Goin round one way Im on me way dodge the dodgems the speaker says spot a bumper car Comin the wrong way no way I can dodge it Lets bump it Thump it Yeah bumpety bump it My daughters gigglin Startin to laugh All the fun o the fair Stop and look and stare It’s a kiddies treat In the bumper car Dodge the dodgems The speaker shouts loud To the crowd Bringin em in from miles around its sound as pound then a traveller jumps on the back heart attack waving and shoutin dodge the dogems with a wink and a grin im all done in

https://youtu.be/gDg6CG8eS2Q

Andrew Alan Matthews

Art by Andrew Alan Matthews

The Golden Mile Blackpool

The Big One Blackpool

Stag & Hen Doos with Booze

Ride the Waltzers

Coral Island Blackpool

Bumper Cars